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How CPG Brands Can Beat Disruption with Digital Manufacturing

QAD

I discussed this topic in a recent article for Food Logistics , and wanted to share additional insights here. Consumers are Thinking Differently and Shopping Smarter E-commerce sales accounted for an estimated 20% of all retail sales worldwide in 2022 and that figure will likely climb to nearly 25% by 2026.

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The Biggest Manufacturing Industry Trends in 2022

Unleashed

Internet of Things (IoT) trends in manufacturing The Internet of Things (IoT) has long been touted as a technology which will upend the way we live, work and play. The article also notes that a return is being achieved in 12 months on the popular Universal Robotics Cobot. They include: Industry 4.0:

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Trends That Will Transform Manufacturing in 2023 & Beyond

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AI already plays a major role in manufacturing, generating almost $2 trillion in value for manufacturing and supply chain management operations, according to McKinsey’s Enterprise Value from Digital Factories industry article. billion by 2026. A recent McKinsey study found that Industry 4.0 technologies will create up to $3.7

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

A recent article in The Washington Post led off with an anecdote about an 87-year-old man who was looking for work and was told by a trucking company that if he had a commercial drivers license, they would put him in a cab that day. If things don't change, and we continue up this progression, by 2026, we will be at 170,000 drivers short.